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But the angel said to him, Do not fear, Zacharias, because your prayer was heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear a son to you, and you shall call his name John.

And he will be joy and exultation to you, and many will rejoice over his birth.

For he shall be great in the eyes of the Lord, and he shall not drink wine or strong drink. And he will be filled of the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

And the people were expecting Zacharias, and they wondered at his delay in the temple.

And it happened when the days of his service were fulfilled, he went away to his house.

And after these days his wife Elizabeth conceived. And she hid herself five months, saying,

And seeing this , she was disturbed at his word, and considered what kind of greeting this might be.

And behold! You will conceive in your womb and bear a Son, and you will call His name Jesus.

This One will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.

And He will reign over the house of Jacob to the ages, and of His kingdom there will be no end.

For He looked upon the humiliation of His slave woman. For, behold, from now on all generations will count me blessed. 1 Sam. 1:11

For the Mighty One did great things to me, and holy is His name.

And His mercy is to generations of generations to those fearing Him. Psa. 103:17

He performed mightily with His arm; He scattered proud ones in the thought of their heart.

He helped His servant Israel in order to remember mercy,

even as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed to the age.

And the neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord magnified His mercy with her, and they rejoiced with her.

And it happened on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child and were calling it by his father's name, Zacharias.

And his mother answered, saying, Not so, but he shall be called John.

And they signaled to his father, what he might desire him to be called.